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Veterans Farida Osman, Quah Ting Wen Late Exclusions from Olympics Veteran female swimmers Farida Osman of Egypt and Quah Ting Wen of Singapore have been ruled out of the Paris Olympics just weeks before they open on procedural grounds. Osman, 29, was set to represent Egypt for a fourth Games. While...

Road to Paris: Quest for Third Olympics Leads Egypt’s Ali Khalafalla through Oklahoma The road to the Olympics takes swimmers from all over the world through the American college system. From far and wide, countries big and small, a litany of colleges can contribute to the 800 or so Olympic swimmers...

Meet Records by Ali Khalafalla, Farida Osman Cap African Games Meet records in the men’s and women’s 50 freestyle events by Egyptians Farida Osman and Ali Khalafalla on the final day highlighted the African Games in Ghana this week. Osman won her eighth medal and fourth gold in the 50, with a time o...

World Championships: Farida Osman Reclaims African Record in 100 Fly Egypt’s Farida Osman reclaimed the African record in the women’s 100 fly Sunday at the 2022 FINA World Championships. Osman finished seventh in the event with a time of 57.66 seconds. That clips one hundredths of a second off the A...

Off Historic ACCs, Virginia Tech's Youssef Ramadan Ready for First NCAAs When Youssef Ramadan saw the time on the scoreboard at the ACC Championships – 44.32 seconds in the men’s 100 butterfly – no one was as shocked as him. The Virginia Tech freshman was in the midst of a strong meet, yes, and the ...

Photo Courtesy: Xinhua/Fei Maohua NANJING, China, August 17. THE hosts had the top swim of the night as the Chinese downed the World Junior Record in the mixed 400 free relay to kick off the Youth Olympics Games. Russia's Anton Chupkov also took down a WJR during the men's 100 breast semis. Schedule...

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Egyptian Swimming Federation Under Scrutiny After Swimmer’s Death The Egyptian Swimming Federation is facing major changes in the wake the death of a swimmer at the national under-12 championships in December in Cairo. According to Reuters, the federation has been forced to appoint an interim commit...

By Phillip Whitten HONOLULU, October 31. COMPETITION begins this morning on Waikiki Beach for the first FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. Some 164 competitors representing 34 nations are expected to compete in the clear blue waters of Waikiki in three official open water events: the 5K (...

"It Doesn't Get Much Better" By Robin Schaefer IT was slightly overcast, no sign of rain, no wind, no fog. You could see Angel Island, like a gem, resting peacefully off the shore of Tiburon, in the San Francisco Bay. Things were looking good. At 6:00 a.m. you could have rolled a bowling ball do...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 16. SOUTH Carolina swimming and diving head coach McGee Moody announced the addition of six spring signees, giving him 16 for this year’s class. The group includes Ahmed Akram Abbas, Nils Wich-Glasen and Bobby Bittner on the men’s side, and Jordyn Barham, Mairyn Branama...

USA Diving announced today that Indiana University head diving coach Drew Johansen will serve as head coach for Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The competition will take place July 24-August 2. Four athletes on Team USA are currently coached by Johansen, including cur...

LONDON, Aug. 27. EUROPEAN swimmers continued to dominate open water swimming as they have all year. In the London leg of the FINA Marathon World Cup at the Albert Dock on Saturday, Europeans swept five of the six medal spots. Only Argentina's Gabriel Chaillou, who finished second in the men'...

Nice, France - Italy defeated the USA, 11-10 in an exciting, closely contested water polo game to win the 2000 French Open title in Nice, France. Two-time Olympic medalist Silipo started the scoring for Italy, but the USA came back in the first period on goals by Wolf Wigo (NY, NY), Chris Humbert (L...

FINA, ANOCA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Improve Aquatics in Africa FINA and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) have signed a memorandum of understanding with concrete goals to improve aquatics on the continent. The agreement was signed in Cairo, where ANOCA pres...

Egyptian Olympic swimmer Farida Osman is grateful to be back in her home county, where she is on a two-week quarantine after traveling from the United States. Osman, who trains at Virginia Tech under Sergio Lopez Miro at Pinnacle Racing, was among 275 Egyptian nationals brought back to the country l...

‘It’s Crazy to Think I’m Still Here:” Abdelrahman El-Araby Shares Emotional Post-Victory Speech The swim by Abdelrahman El-Araby Wednesday night in the 50 freestyle at the ACC Championships was special for many reasons. He went from sixth in the morning prelims in 19.22 to winning in 18.79, besting ...

Egyptian Swimmer Mohamed Samy Receives 18-Month Doping Ban Egyptian swimmer Mohamed Samy has been suspended for 18 months for a positive drug test last June, a ban that lasts through December 2023. Samy’s positive was announced last week by the World Aquatics Integrity Unit. The 26-year-old tested p...

National Junior Olympics The 2001 National Junior Olympics finished up Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "There was a ton of enthusiasm at this tournament," said Women's National Team Head Coach Guy Baker. Two hundred and six teams competed thisyear, making it one of the largest water polo tourna...

FINA, the world governing body for aquatic sports, handed down doping suspensions to three athletes, including a water polo player and two swimmers. Both swimmers, Norhan Naser Salah and Shehab Mohamed Younis, hail from Egypt and tested positive during a swim meet in Egypt in late November 2014. Sal...